EQUITABLE EVALUATION - INTEGRATING CULTURAL

COMPETENCE AND EQUITY

Jara Dean-Coffey Jill Casey

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1.  Introduce two frameworks:

§  equitable evaluation frame (EE) §  capacity building approach for philanthropy to practice

equitable evaluation (EECB)

2.  Dialogue about strengths as well as challenges and solutions re: EE and EECB

3.  Identify opportunities to

§  Continue research to expand EE capacity building approach §  Implement EE in the field

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Our Hopes For Today

Strong Evaluation Reflects

¡ Understanding of context

¡ Engagement of clients/community engaged/ involved start to finish

¡ Sensitivity to and awareness about power differentials and diversity

¡ Focus on strengths

¡ Findings/ data shared and used

¡ Recommendations/next steps informed by community

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Culturally Responsive Evaluation Process

Prepare for Evaluation

Engage stakeholders

Identify evaluation purpose

Frame questions

Design evaluation Select/adapt data collection methods

and tools

Collect data

Analyze data

Disseminate/ use findings

Hopson, R. K. (2003). Overview of multicultural and culturally competent program evaluation: Issues, challenges and opportunities. Woodland Hills, CA: The California Endowment.

Culture and

context

Equitable Evaluation

A judgment made of the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability – and, in

humanitarian settings, coverage, connectedness, and coherence – of policies, programs, and projects

concerned with achieving equitable development results.

1 Bamberger & Segone, 2011, p. 9

Evaluative Inquiry Cycle

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FRAMING the Inquiry: •  Clarify purpose •  Surface assumptions •  Articulate goals & objectives •  Assess organizational capacity •  Identify key questions

FOCUSING the Inquiry: •  Prioritize key questions •  Determine data collection methods •  Review/revise, develop data

collection tools and administration protocols

•  Integrate data collection with organizational culture/program practice

CONDUCTING the Inquiry: •  Pilot tools/administration and modify as needed •  Collect information •  Communicate preliminary ideas about how

findings will be communicated and utilized

APPLYING the Learning: •  Analyze and interpret data •  Use findings to:

- Inform program development - Modify organizational systems and structure - Make decisions around future investments and strategies - Contribute to individual growth and educate the field - Inform further evaluative inquiry activities

Adapted from Preskill and Torres 1999

Evaluative Inquiry Informed by Culture & Context

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CONTEXT

CULTURE

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EMERGING EQUITABLE EVALUATION

CAPACITY BUILDING FRAMEWORK

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Individual

•  Recognize as fundamental and “mission critical”

•  Shift from personal to structural

•  Address general attitudes about evaluation

•  Build internally on processes and practices

•  Expand EE practice among grantees

Sustained Practice (Capacities) 13

Organizational

•  Leverage opportunities to build internal and external competencies and capacities

•  Recognize/adopt/resource practices appropriate to equitable evaluation

•  Mitigate barriers to authentic practices

•  Establish policies that reflect centrality of equity in outcomes and performance measure

 

•  Stronger competencies

•  Increased capacities

Individual + Organizational

Equitable Evaluation Capacity Building Approach

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CONTEXT

CULTURE

Questions, Discussion

•  What comes up for you?

•  How do you see this integrating this in your work?

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BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE